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On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 14:11:10 +0000 (UTC), "Leon Heller"
wrote: I've seen someone get hold of 440 V 3 phase bus bars, one in each hand. He was across the supply for about 5 minutes as the emergency stop button in the lab didn't work and he couldn't let go. He was lucky - just badly burnt hands. He was back at work a couple of days later, heavily bandaged. Thanks, Leon. This is the kind of 'unsurvivable shock' I had in mind. I'm sure we'll have several more hair-raising examples to come yet, though. -- "I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill |
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Winfield Hill ) writes:
Paul Burridge wrote... The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? I've had a few fatal shocks. Thanks, - Win You sound in especially good shape for someone who's suffered multiple fatal shocks. Michael VE2BVW |
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Winfield Hill ) writes:
Paul Burridge wrote... The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? I've had a few fatal shocks. Thanks, - Win You sound in especially good shape for someone who's suffered multiple fatal shocks. Michael VE2BVW |
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"Paul Burridge" wrote in message ... The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? I've seen someone get hold of 440 V 3 phase bus bars, one in each hand. He was across the supply for about 5 minutes as the emergency stop button in the lab didn't work and he couldn't let go. He was lucky - just badly burnt hands. He was back at work a couple of days later, heavily bandaged. Leon -- Leon Heller, G1HSM http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller |
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"Paul Burridge" wrote in message ... The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? I've seen someone get hold of 440 V 3 phase bus bars, one in each hand. He was across the supply for about 5 minutes as the emergency stop button in the lab didn't work and he couldn't let go. He was lucky - just badly burnt hands. He was back at work a couple of days later, heavily bandaged. Leon -- Leon Heller, G1HSM http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller |
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On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 13:08:54 GMT, George R. Gonzalez wrote:
IIRC a "fatal" shock is mroe likely to be a mddling-current one. The stronger ones tend to self-defibbrilate you. That's why lightning strike victims often survive. Is is really? I talked to some guys who made defibrillators once; there was a defibrillator (a working one) in their lab, for use in case of shock while working on a defibrillator. -- Mike -- |
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On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 13:08:54 GMT, George R. Gonzalez wrote:
IIRC a "fatal" shock is mroe likely to be a mddling-current one. The stronger ones tend to self-defibbrilate you. That's why lightning strike victims often survive. Is is really? I talked to some guys who made defibrillators once; there was a defibrillator (a working one) in their lab, for use in case of shock while working on a defibrillator. -- Mike -- |
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"Paul Burridge" wrote in message ... The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? I got 600V/400MHz right through my little finger once. Reached in where I shouldn't have. If the current had taken the long way to ground through my feet or other arm, instead of the short way out the fingernail, I would have at least been smoking from end to end. |
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"Paul Burridge" wrote in message ... The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? I got 600V/400MHz right through my little finger once. Reached in where I shouldn't have. If the current had taken the long way to ground through my feet or other arm, instead of the short way out the fingernail, I would have at least been smoking from end to end. |
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"Michael Black" wrote in message ... Winfield Hill ) writes: Paul Burridge wrote... The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? I've had a few fatal shocks. Thanks, - Win You sound in especially good shape for someone who's suffered multiple fatal shocks. That explains the hair. |
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